Oct 05 Health Reform Profiles: A 6-Month Check-Up More than six months after President Obama signed the health care reform bill, how is the overhaul impacting -- or not impacting -- the American public?… Continue reading
Sep 23 Republican ‘Repeal and Replace’ Strategy Faces Legislative Roadblocks As part of their "Pledge to America" released Thursday, Republican lawmakers codified what they have been saying for months: If elected, a Republican-led Congress would aim to "repeal and replace" health care reform. But with a Democratic president in… Continue reading
Sep 22 Watch Health Reform at Six Months: What Changes Are Taking Effect? Health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser looks at the impact of the health reform bill President Obama signed into law six months ago, what changes are set to take effect this week and how some Americans are already using the law's… Continue watching
Sep 21 Some Insurers to Stop Offering Child-Only Plans Ahead of New Rules Among the health reform provisions that will go into effect Thursday -- on the six-month anniversary of the law's signing -- is a much-touted new rule banning insurers from denying coverage to children because of pre-existing conditions. But this… Continue reading
Sep 14 Watch Ahead of Elections, Lawsuits Revive Debate on Health Reform A judge in Florida listened to arguments filed by 20 attorneys general who are challenging the validity of a new health reform law. Gwen Ifill talks to reporters for more. Continue watching
Sep 08 Health Reform Debate Returns to the Airwaves as Midterms Draw Closer Two months before the midterm elections, there's a bit of deja-vu in the air: a new round of ads are running on health care reform. On Wednesday, former New York Gov. George Pataki, a Republican, held a news conference… Continue reading
Sep 02 Workers Paying More for Health Insurance as Cash-Strapped Companies Shift Costs The majority of Americans get their health insurance coverage through their employers. Now, a new survey finds that employees are paying more of the costs of their coverage than ever before. Workers' health care costs jumped significantly this year even… Continue reading
Sep 01 Early Retirees Get New Help With Health Insurance About 2,000 employers will begin receiving payments this month from a new $5 billion program designed to encourage them to provide health insurance to early retirees who are too young for Medicare. The goal of the program, part of the… Continue reading
Aug 31 Poll: Public Support Declining for Health Reform Law Despite the continuing efforts of the Obama administration to persuade a skeptical public to support the new health reform law, a poll released Tuesday shows that many voters do not like the changes and do not believe the… Continue reading
Aug 02 New HealthCare.gov Site Aims to Teach Americans About Insurance Options With a contentious midterm election just around the corner, the Obama administration is continuing to tout what health reform will mean for Americans -- even turning the president into an online pitchman for the administration's new health coverage website,… Continue reading